Two climbers were rescued off Mt. Shasta this week after they got trapped on the 14,162-foot tall mountain and could not go up or down.

The Siskiyou County Sheriff's office received a call Wednesday night that the two climbers were trapped on the mountain at the 12,000 foot level.

The climbers, Elddar Shaim, 32, and Yeldos Mukametz, 27, both of Honolulu, Hawaii, were descending the mountain, but did not take a normal route, officials said.

The two reported they got into steep and dangerous terrain and couldn't continue, the sheriff's office said.

"The climbers reported they could not ascend or descend without slipping or falling from their current location," the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.

A search and rescue team decided to call a California Highway Patrol helicopter to pluck the climbers off the mountain. They were able to rescue Shaim on Tuesday, but because of nightfall they had to return Wednesday morning to retrieve Mukametz, officials said.